Huaca Pintada Of Illimo

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Out of the wilderness : a fourteenth-century English drawing of John the Baptist

London, British Library, MS Royal 10 B XIV contains a large drawing of St. John the Baptist that is both exceptional for its quality and iconographically unique. Not previously noticed by art historians, it constitutes an important addition to English art of the early to mid-fourteenth century. This paper explores the physical nature of the drawing, its bibliographical context (in a book of natural philosophy), the nature and meaning of its imagery, and its artistic context and associations, within the broader framework of its ownership and use by Benedictine monks of Saint Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. The drawing is considered a symptom of a wider interest in the acquisition of manuscript illumination at the abbey during the first half of the fourteenth century. It can be dated to about 1335-40 and is thought to have been executed in southeast England or East Anglia, where the works of art to which it is closest in stylistic and iconographic terms were produced. The iconography includes a number of motifs rare or unparalleled in images of John the Baptist, including a figure of Salome beneath the saint's feet and, most remarkably, a monumental Gothic arch composed of living oak trees, which frames the saint. The detail and semantic richness of this imagery make it practically certain that the drawing was made as a focus of devotion, probably for the manuscript's first recorded owner, the Oxford scholar-monk John of Lingfield.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Nomenclatural notes on Chalepini and Sceloenopliini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)

The authorship and type species of the genera Acentroptera and Metazycera are reviewed. The correct author of Acentroptera is Guérin-Méneville, 1844; Acentroptera dejeani Guérin-Méneville, 1844, is here designated as the type species. Metazycera is the correct spelling of the genus described by Chevrolat, 1837; the type species is Hispa trimaculata Olivier, 1808, by monotypy; Metaxycera Baly, 1864 is an unjustified emendation

Masticophis bilineatus

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La première iconographie du castor

La première iconographie du castor canadien suit des modèles européens quand il s’agit de reproduire les traits de la bête. Fidèle alors à la « doctrine des signatures », telle que définie par Michel Foucault, elle insiste soit sur la queue de l’animal qui étant recouverte d’écailles le classe parmi les « poissons » soit sur ce qu’on croyait être ses testicules et d’où on extrayait le castoreum. Cette iconographie est plus originale quand elle s’est mise en tête de représenter les cabanes et les digues de castors, ouvrages inconnus en Europe. Les barrages de castors ont beaucoup intrigué les vieux auteurs. On s’est souvent persuadé qu’ils étaient l'oeuvre d’une centaine d’individus. S’il en était ainsi, quelle sorte d’organisation devait-on leur supposer? Obéissaient-ils à un commandant? Tenaient-ils des assemblées? On aura reconnu un modèle tantôt monarchique, tantôt républicain. Question qui soulevait le redoutable problème du langage des animaux, comment communiquaient-ils entre eux? L’article explore les différentes réponses des illustrateurs de LaHontan ou de Nicolas de Fer, du Sieur LeBeau ou du père du Creux.The first iconography of the Canadian beaver followed European models when it was time to reproduce the animal traits. Faithful to the “doctrine of signatures,” as defined by Michel Foucault, it insisted on either the animal tail which qualifies it to be a fish by the presence of scales, or on what we believed to be his testicles where castoreum could be extracted. This iconography was more peculiar when it intended to represent beaver’s lodges and dams, unknown pieces of work in Europe. Beaver’s dams deeply intrigued the old authors. Our authors were often persuaded dams were done by hundred of individuals. If it was true, what kind of organization could we suppose? Were they obeying to some sort of ruler? Were they holding assemblies? Monarchical and republican models could be alternately recognized here. Questioning that gives rise to the difficult problem of animal language, how were they communicating together? This paper explores some answers offered by the illustrators of Lahontan or Nicolas de Fer, Sieur LeBeau or père du Creux

A new species of Platyauchenia Stürm, 1843 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Brazil

The genus Platyauchenia Stürm, 1843 is reviewed. Platyauchenia quinquemaculata Pic, 1921 is a synonym of P. latreillei (Castelnau 1840), new synonymy. Platyauchenia ruficollis new species is described from Brazil. Each species is illustrated and a key to the species is provided

Quelle iconographie pour l’histoire culturelle contemporaine ?

Résumé : Si l’on se réfère au discours heuristique de l’histoire culturelle et de sciences humaines voisines, les images comptent parmi les sources importantes de la construction historique. Quelle place occupent-elles ensuite dans l’énonciation éditoriale avec leur statut d’illustrations ? Quels types d’images sont sélectionnés, de quels matériaux visuels sont-elles représentatives et quels rapports texte-image réalise leur mise en page ? Ces questions sont abordées en traçant quelques axes d’approche des spécificités d’une iconographie contemporaine de la culture et en prenant appui sur des exemples qui mettent en œuvre plusieurs modalités d’énonciation illustrative